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Use a variable to define a PHP function
Is there a way of using a variable as a function name.
For example i have a variable
$varibaleA;
and I want to create a function i.e.
function $variableA() {
}
so this function can be called later in the script. Does anyone know if this can be done?
Thanks
Declaring a function with a variable but arbitrary name like this is not possible without getting your hands dirty with eval() or include().
I think based on what you're trying to do, you'll want to store an anonymous function in that variable instead (use create_function() if you're not on PHP 5.3+):
$variableA = function() {
// Do stuff
};
You can still call it as you would any variable function, like so:
$variableA();
; after the }.$x = 'file_get_contents';
$html = $x('http://google.com');
is functionally equivalent to doing
$html = file_get_contents('http://google.com');
They're called variable functions, and generally should be avoided as they're too far removed from variable variables.
you can do this:
$foo = function() {
//..
};
and then:
$foo();
works in PHP 5.3+
$functionToCall = 'show__personalizer_'.$_GET['page'];, then$functionToCall()